+Propane13 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I've seen one for Pitfall on the Atari 2600, but none for the 7800. Is anyone aware of any? Can they be done easily with current emulation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Speedruns can only be done with games that have an ending to them...and the only games I can think of for the 7800 that have endings are: 1. Scrapyard Dog 2. Get Lost 3. Fatal Run 4. Ikari Warriors 5. Fail Safe 6. Bently Bears Crystal Quest 7. Super Skateboarding 8. Tower Toppler You could include Pole Position 2 and Motor Psyco...but that would only be for tracks and not the entire title. And all but Get Lost have beginning to end videos on You Tube. However given that speedruns usually indicate the fastest way to the end and contain warps to bypass parts of the game..the only games that have those are: 1. Bently Bears Crystal Quest 2. Tower Toppler (well not really a warp but rather a difficulty switch manipulation to get to the last tower) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Speedruns can only be done with games that have an ending to them...and the only games I can think of for the 7800 that have endings are: 1. Scrapyard Dog 2. Get Lost 3. Fatal Run 4. Ikari Warriors 5. Fail Safe 6. Bently Bears Crystal Quest 7. Super Skateboarding 8. Tower Toppler There's Alien Brigade and Midnight Mutants too. (Im)possible Mission and Karateka fall into the ending categories as well. Choplifter! is another ending game. Commando also, if establishing 'ending' a game with a one duty play-through. Something similar can be accounted for with Crossbow, reasoning that ending a game aligns with defeating "Evil Master" the first time around. *SPOILER BELOW* for Crossbow... Quickest route: Green Path (Desert) Blue Path (Cave/Cavern) Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance) Red Path (Inside Castle Hall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 There is a perfect Choplifter! run out there, but I cannot think of any speed runs. Maybe the community can try and get a few done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 My favorite "speed run" is when I'm playing PacManPlus's Ms. Pac speedup hack! Okay, what's up with Bentley Bear now that Bob's "retired" for now? This game ever gonna get released?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Okay, what's up with Bentley Bear now that Bob's "retired" for now? This game ever gonna get released?!? I know right! I really want it so bad. It's almost like the same scenario going back to 1981 for the anticipation of Intellivision's computer component release which never happened until 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Ninja Golf does have an ending as well: There's also Double Dragon and perhaps Kung-Fu Master also have endings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 While Karateka does have an ending I'd never call finishing it a "speed" run. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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